November 30, 2020
By: Richard Mitchell
As we enter year 700 of COVID-19, some faculty and staff are looking at 2021 wondering how they can spice up their online teaching environment without spending hours or days learning a full-blown video production application. While Zoom offers a...
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November 16, 2020
By: Richard Mitchell
While on a classroom technology Zoom session, a peer institution mentioned that they had installed a few Atlona cameras in a subset of their classrooms. While I was somewhat familiar with Atloma as a complete AV solutions manufacturer, our University...
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June 23, 2020
By: Richard Mitchell
In the golden age of AV, when confronted with the joyous task of converting an HDMI signal to something a local computer could easily ingest, you would simply fork out $2,500+ on a proper 1U device that would elegantly make...
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June 15, 2020
By: Richard Mitchell
Our good friends at Sony visited Duke, virtually, this past week to have a conversation about two of their key market segments. First, Sony is updating the projector that has become our "go to" ~5,000-lumen laser projector (VPL-PHZ10) for many...
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October 29, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
It's no surprise, but I'm a fan of Zoom and Zoom Rooms. The platform is easy to understand, flexible, and users simply like it. While many people are familiar with Zoom, they are generally less familiar with what a Zoom...
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By: Richard Mitchell
This past Thursday, Jack D'Ardenne provided the Duke Digital Media Community (DDMC) with an overview of Duke's Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) offering, called CampusVision. The platform features approximately 135 DirecTV channels and several Duke internal channels from Duke Athletics and...
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October 10, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
The Fusion 2019 Technology Expo in Charlotte North Carolina, hosted by ClarkPowell is an annual event that brings together AV integrators and hardware manufacturers. While the conference isn't specific to classroom technology, it's not uncommon to see regional colleges and...
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September 17, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
Since 2009, Blue Yeti USB microphones have dominated the YouTube, podcast, and vocal production world. With each update, the Yeti has adjusted to the demands of the users, and the new Yeti X is no different. The newly added LED...
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August 15, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
Many businesses and universities have transitioned to open floorplans for staff. It's efficient, flexible, and saves a considerable amount of money. But, for the employees, having unscheduled disruptions can be distracting, causing loss of work or worse, general fatigue. The...
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By: Richard Mitchell
Face it, the form factor of most projectors hasn't changed much over the past few decades. Most projectors subscribe to the "rectangular box" design, sometimes spicing it up with white AND black options, oh my! Enter the Epson EV-105... If...
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